How to Install and Uninstall libc6-dev-x32 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "libc6-dev-x32" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libc6-dev-x32 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc6-dev-x32
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc6-dev-x32" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libc6-dev-x32 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc6-dev-x32
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc6-dev-x32 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libc6-dev-x32
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.33-0ubuntu5
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 9337
Depends: libc6-x32 (= 2.33-0ubuntu5), libc6-dev-i386 (= 2.33-0ubuntu5), libc6-dev (= 2.33-0ubuntu5)
Recommends: gcc-multilib
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-x32_2.33-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 1696428
MD5sum: a4c047c82be0157d37797aaa532cfe9e
SHA1: 5917673812cb34dca0ba58f1102e09868170c606
SHA256: f84c68dabdc8dbd28f59583fafe83d17f994cebacb6721f69e46d227d007134b
SHA512: 7877fd22d4c9e48d1cb97142256e46da8d5d31d7897a4f176cc35e5bc5c77f6afb7fb220e2d834a25fc81d26721a7ff96faa5a02808afe7d591338d85d6b12e3
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description-en: GNU C Library: X32 ABI Development Libraries for AMD64
Contains the symlinks and object files needed to compile and link programs
which use the standard C library. This is the X32 ABI version of the
library, meant for amd64 systems.
Description-md5: 0859bbe63e876c4ed2ca05543b5d535f
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git